About the Book Cover

The painting on the book cover is Daniel Huntington’s “George Washington and Christopher Gist Crossing the Allegheny River,” c. 1840, is part of “An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Painting.” All rights to reproduction of the work of art identified herein is retained by the Owners, Jonathan W. Warner and Susan G.A. Warner.

This link is to a wonderful video showing the Warners’ amazing collection. They were kind enough to permit me to use one of their fantastic paintings on my cover: